Edwin S. Shneidman Quotes
To will the obligatory in relation to death is to fall in line with the major immutable cycles of Nature, especially human nature, and to understand that (whether or not there is a purpose or meaning to life or a life of the spirit beyond the life of the body) no one, absolutely no one, escapes being finite and mortal. And knowing this, and then to accept it, to will it, and not to be in an unnecessary state of angst or rebellion or terror over it.
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I will say the scope of the 'Supergirl' pilot was incredible. I've personally never been involved in something with such a huge production value and scope.
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Clothes, thank God I can get them from designers.
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What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
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You are a spirit, then,you Man, and not a Manat all.You are a spirit and you dwellwithin the guts of mortal beast.
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Gewönlich wird eine Entdeckung nicht auf den einfachsten, sondern auf einem komplizierten Wege gemacht; die einfachen Fälle zeigen sich erst später.
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It is because I had so much joy that I came to have so much hate.
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There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine.
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You can get some spiked up greens even with no metal spikes, it just depends.
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People only speak to get something.
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In sports... you play from the time you're eight years old, and then you're done forever.
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We did 'The Simpsons Movie,' which took almost four years; it was the same people that do the TV show, and it just killed us. So that's why there hasn't been a second movie. But I imagine if the show ever does go off the air, they'll start doing movies.
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I can't sing anything other than country!
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I love to read things that I'm sure won't make a movie.
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When I started to recording, I gave the name of Honeyboy, but my people only knew me by Honey.
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To me, the thing that sets us apart from so many other animal species is our ability to ask questions, investigate, gather information, come to our own conclusions, and sometimes depart from the pack, sometimes move away from the tribe.
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As a novelist, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories and I give them money.
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Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.
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M is for Me. I’m yours, even when you make mistakes.
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In Washington it is an honor to be disgraced. you have to have been somebody to fall.
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Your faith will not fail while God sustains it; you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you.
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To will the obligatory in relation to death is to fall in line with the major immutable cycles of Nature, especially human nature, and to understand that (whether or not there is a purpose or meaning to life or a life of the spirit beyond the life of the body) no one, absolutely no one, escapes being finite and mortal. And knowing this, and then to accept it, to will it, and not to be in an unnecessary state of angst or rebellion or terror over it.
